I mean yeah, but the real criminals are those in power who have the authority to send crack into black communities and disproportionately send black folks to jail. The problem is people just blaming the average white person for these things when they most likely had nothing to do with it.
It’s a classic capitalist trick. Cause strife and conflict among the working class so we don’t rise up against them.
It’s the same thing with climate change — blame the average middle class guy slaving away 12 hours a day who needs to commute two hours to work rather than the corporations burning up the amazon and polluting the oceans.
This person speaks the truth. Putting poor whites and poor blacks against each other is the oldest trick in the book. Now add poor latinos into the mix is the new move.
This is why affirmative action comes up in the news all the time. Make working class whites and working class blacks feel the competition for the few seats at the table for their children's education. Rich people don't worry about affirmative action. White, black, or whatever - they are just buying/legacy their way into elite universities for their kids.
This is the exact shit that is the dynamic when women are pitted against other women. When we are taught that it’s me or her, we’re fighting amongst each other and not competing with men who keep us out of jobs and industry. There are a lot of older professional women who still have this mentality and “test” younger women, are WAY harder on them then young men with the same experience because they had it harder too. No thanks, Id rather spend my time lifting up other women.
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I mean yeah, but the real criminals are those in power who have the authority to send crack into black communities and disproportionately send black folks to jail. The problem is people just blaming the average white person for these things when they most likely had nothing to do with it.
It’s a classic capitalist trick. Cause strife and conflict among the working class so we don’t rise up against them.
It’s the same thing with climate change — blame the average middle class guy slaving away 12 hours a day who needs to commute two hours to work rather than the corporations burning up the amazon and polluting the oceans.